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Peninsula College

Port Angeles, WA · 3 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$251,994 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−116%Modeled 10-year ROI
$41,499Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$251,994at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$216,9840
2
4
6
8
−$251,99410
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$4,718
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$5,270
Sticker price
Average net price$9,246
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$18,514
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$9,246Average net price / year
$18,514Cost of attendance
$41,499Median earnings · year 5 after completion
36.9%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,263Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

41thEarnings percentile
20thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$38,488Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$8,713Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$38,468Year 1
$44,056Year 4
$41,499Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$77,5422Precision Metal Working · Associate's Degree$38,4883Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$36,198

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$77,542$16,746
Precision Metal WorkingAssociate's Degree$38,488Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$36,198$8,713

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.